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In reply to the discussion: Should all jobs be union jobs? [View all]socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)204. Way to finish my thought T...
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Well hell, if my plan actually was enacted, we'd be talking several generations
Taverner
Aug 2013
#183
i prefer the german model where corporate governance occurs in a more democratic way
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#4
Premise is every job is Union, that means go to Alabama, the Union is there too....
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#49
yeah but jobs can ship overseas too. i think unions are great but they don't solve
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#201
But what do you DO for a living again? Seriously here is a link to IWEB, apprenticeship
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#50
Then "everyone" better be ready to go on strike until the employer signs a contract with the Union.
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#85
You think you just join and the money starts rolling in? There has to be a contract.
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#123
Why resent the Unions? They don't set the production schedules. Management does.
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#142
Is your brother being skipped over in seniority? Junior men are being put to work before him?
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#147
i would say the option should be there, but its up to the individual if they want to join
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#20
to devide if they want to he a member of a union or not or just pay an agency fee
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#26
okay heres my example, i am not in the union due to not liking their politics
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#30
If one does not like the union one is free to seek employment someplace else
ThirdWayCowplop
Aug 2013
#34
Why would one want to be a member of an organization who does not want you?
ThirdWayCowplop
Aug 2013
#45
i dont pay dues as i am not a member, i pay an agency fee for the negotiation etc
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#87
everything is the same, only difference is i pay a nominal fee that covers the cost of negotiations
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#137
You are paying an agency when you are getting all the benefits of a Union contract?
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#143
no, the agency fee means you pay the union an agency fee to represent you in negotiations
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#149
or you dont understand the concept. which is the more plausible possibility.
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#151
you need to go learn some labor laws before you start to try to lecture people on them
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#193
I'm not lecturing anyone and I'm not the only one that was unclear on what you meant.
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#195
Do you not have any of the benefits that the Union negotiated in the CBA at your workplace?
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#125
regardless of the politician or issue, if one does not agree with it or them one should not be
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#141
well, i dont agree with some of their endorsements, or their stand on the 2nd amendment
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#190
I don't agree with everything my Union does either but I still pay dues.
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#192
well if your happy paying for endorsements and donations you dont agree with
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#194
If every job is a union job as the original poster suggest, you can eigther join a union you disagee
grattsl
Aug 2013
#168
If you want the "freedom" of working more hours for less money, nobody is keeping you from it.
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#170
Flat out GOP position, that subthread was like walking through a meeting with Mitt
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#53
Forcing people to be in a union to work is far more evil than right to work laws.
grattsl
Aug 2013
#161
Being in a Union is best for them. They will make more money and spend less time doing it.
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#164
People that enjoy Union paychecks and benefits but don't pay dues are lowlifes.
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#81
Union workers do not usually make decision about what will be produced nor do they decide the
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#52
Not necessarily, but I DO think that the mass of "SPC Joe Snuffy".......
socialist_n_TN
Aug 2013
#61
Any military run that way wouldn't be involved in bullshit wars..........
socialist_n_TN
Aug 2013
#64
And do you really think that soldiers who put their lives on the line.........
socialist_n_TN
Aug 2013
#117
There's nothing "neo" about my views, and nothing liberal about yours.
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2013
#76
That can change fast. And tax policy as it stands certainly ain't helping.
Hassin Bin Sober
Aug 2013
#131
These people get all Ayn Randian when McDonald's workers ask for a tiny raise.
Kingofalldems
Aug 2013
#202
I think we need more relevant ideas. We don't live in the 19th century any more and we need
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#106
A better idea would be a guaranteed minimum income, whether one works or not!
reformist2
Aug 2013
#185
I fully support unions, I am a member of one (not active, I retain membership to support them).
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#200
I'm not telling anyone not to join a union. Don't make me take a pay cut to join yours.
grattsl
Aug 2013
#179